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NEWS Geon and Adams take top spot in Vic PICAs Dozen parties looking at Hyde GEON and Adams Print were the biggest winners at the 2012 Victorian Printing Industries Craftsmanship Awards (PICAs) collecting three golds each. Hosted by Channel 9 presenter, Lauren Phillips, it was the sixth Victorian PICAs to be held during the Melbourne Cup week during the Spring Racing Carnival. They were held in front of a crowd of 300 at the Palladium Ballroom at Melbourne’s Crown complex. Geon won Gold in the Presentation Folders, Impactdirect mail and Booklets saddle categories, while Adams Print took top prizes in the Leaflets, one-two-three and multi-piece production categories. Ron Patterson, general manager, sales and marketing and state manager Victoria and Tasmania, Printing Industries told Australian Printer, “The which was won by Samantha Alford from Geon and presented by presented by Scott La Ferlita, relationships manager, Media Super. Graham Morgan, CEO, Geon Media Super Future Leader Award winner Samantha Alford (l) from Geon and Scott La Ferlita, relationships manager, Media Super night was a great success once again, It was good to see new printers entering this year. It was also nice to see printers bringing their clients along to the Awards night.” There were new Awards given in Binding and Finishing and also the Media Super Future Leaders Award the latter of told Australian Printer, “I was thrilled to attend the PICA Victoria 2012 Awards and I am extremely proud to see Sam Alford awarded the Media Super Future Leaders Award. This was Geon’s second for the year with Daniel Dance being awarded the Media Super Future Leaders Award in Tasmania. Both Sam and Daniel are tremendous assets to our industry and I was pleased to see them both recognised.” Among other winners on the night Bambra Press, Bluestar, Eastern Press, PMP Print, Whites Law Bindery, Picpress and McKellar Renown picked up two Golds each. Amcor achieves place on global green index PACKAGING giant Amcor has been recognised by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) for its approach to the disclosure of climate change information. The CDP represents 655 institutional investors with $78trillion in assets, and for the fourth consecutive year, Amcor is featured in the CDP 2012 ASX200 Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index. The index is a key component of CDP’s annual Australia and New Zealand Climate Change Report. It highlights the constituent companies within the ASX200 that have a strong approach to climate change information disclosure. Companies are scored on their climate change disclosure, and high scores indicate good internal data management and understanding of climate change related issues affecting the company. Park Press ADELAIDE based Hyde Park Press is continuing to trade despite being in administration and up for sale following tough trading conditions, with the 50 staff hoping they will be able to keep the company going long enough to find a buyer. Barry Davis, managing director, Hyde Park Press told Australian Printer, “Trading conditions have been tight and the industry has lost a lot of revenue in recent times. The printing industry has been hit hard and ongoing costs to machinery and work slowing down has really affected the company.” Clifton Hall is overseeing the administration of the company, Simon Miller, director, Clifton Hall told Australian Printer, “I have had a dozen parties show interest in the business and or in the assets. Information is being provided to all the interested parties to further that interest, hopefuly to completion of sale. Davis says, “We are pleased to see there is interest in shown in the company, we will continue to operate for the next four to five weeks, and if there is no sale of the business then we will be liquidated.” ferag… MiniSert – inserting the new way Ferag Australia Pty Ltd The logical step from manual to automatic inserting. Inexpensive, easy-to-operate, from two to six hoppers, 20,000 cph, quick simple installation and commissioning. South Sydney Corporate Park Unit 6b / 190–196 Bourke Road Alexandria, NSW 2015 Australia Phone +61 2 8337 9777 Fax +61 2 8337 9788 8 December 2012 - Australian Printer your graphic information partner